A fully revised and updated paperback edition featuring over twenty colour photographs. When Kevin Tuerff and his partner boarded their flight from France to New York City on September 11, 2001, they had no idea that a few hours later...
Canadian nonfiction
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Author:Tuerff, KevinSummary: - Author:Gottfriedson, GarrySummary:
Chaos Inside Thunderstorms draws the audience into the centre of the tumultuous political, socio/economical and historical reality of the First Nations experience in Canada today. It is poetic expression that examines leadership,...
- Author:Smart, MaxwellSummary:
In the town of Buczacz, Poland, nine-year-old Maxwell’s life is turned upside-down when the Soviets invade in 1939. His family eventually adapts, but nothing can prepare them for the Nazi invasion two years later. Soon Maxwell is alone...
- Author:Pierrette DotriceSummary:
Les vices d'une société matérialiste sévissent plus encore, et pernicieusement, dans les milieux du nouvel âge, qui prolifèrent aujourd'hui. Car un dogme, c'est connu, attire son contraire. L'histoire des...
- Author:Dorland, JasonSummary:
Jason Dorland is no stranger to competition. As a rower and coach, he’s seen his share of races won and lost. But after a devastating performance at the 1988 Olympics, Jason was overwhelmed by a sense of failure—and with small wonder....
- Author:Wohler, J. PatrickSummary:
Charles de Salaberry (1778-1829) was a brilliant military figure who played a vital role in the War of 1812. A French-Canadian, he attained both rank and honour in the British army. He was a hero of Chateauguay and instrumental in the...
- Author:Wise, Leonard, Smart, Tom, Atwood, MargaretSummary:
An Officer of the Order of Canada, Chevalier of France’s Order of Arts and Letters, and recipient of the Order of Ontario, painter, printmaker, sculptor, designer, and author, Charles Pachter is one of Canada’s best-loved and most...
- Author:Young, BerylSummary:
Charlie is a compelling account of an English boy who is sent to an orphanage following the death of his father because his heartbroken mother is too poor to feed her children. Separated from his family, Charlie works his way out of...
- Author:Tibbo, FrankSummary:
Additional information from two survivors and two Sabena pilots compliment this popular bestseller. In the cold dark of an early September morning, the crew and passengers of a Sabena Airlines DC4, flight OOCBG, were brutally hurled...
- Author:Nossal, Kim Richard, de Kerckhove, FerrySummary:
Defence expert Kim Richard Nossal presents a damning indictment of defence procurement in Canada, and shows how to fix it. Defence procurement in Canada is a mess. New equipment is desperately needed for the Canadian Armed Forces, but...
- Author:Cameron, GrantSummary:
A wave of UFO sightings struck southern Manitoba in 1975, with possible connections to U.S. missile defense operations. In 1975, Manitobans reported UFOs over their province almost nightly. The string of unprecedented sightings...
- Author:White, CharlieSummary:
Learn the secrets of successful anglers from expert Charlie White. Here are tips that will help every angler bring home the prize. Learn about strike triggers, the role scent plays in attracting a fish to your lure, proper fishing depth...
- Author:Smith, Hilda ChasiaSummary:
Drawing upon wisdom and teachings of the Torah, Pranayama yoga, and her own virtuosity for living a peaceful life, Hilda Chasia Smith's guided meditations and inspirational words take us on journeys of calmness and joy. From Pranayama...
- Author:Zehr, E. PaulSummary:
Could we create a real-life superhero by changing human biology itself?
The form and function of the human body, once entirely delimited by nature, are now fluid concepts thanks to recent advances in biomedical science...
- Author:Pitt-Brooke, David, Kennedy Jr., RobertSummary:
First published in 2004, and now with a new introduction by the author and a foreword by Robert F. Kennedy Jr., this book of natural history, environmentalism, and politics explores one of the Earth's last primeval places: Clayoquot...
- Author:Leach, DavidSummary:
A fascinating, non-partisan exploration of an incendiary region
Say the word “Israel” today and it sparks images of walls and rockets and a bloody conflict without end. Yet for decades, the symbol of the...
- Author:Cheadle, WalterSummary:
Walter B. Cheadle’s diary tells his incredible story of travelling with Lord Milton, as they journeyed along the uncharted Yellowhead route in 1862–63. A miraculously successful expedition, the men traversed the continent, making their...
- Author:Waiser, BillSummary:
"Canadians and politicians have a common responsibility: to learn from the mistakes inherited from a colonialist legacy; and to not repeat the wrongs, corruption, and injustices our people suffered in the hands of government officials,...
- Author:Horn, Bernd, Harris, StephenSummary:
Ce sont les hommes qui ont dirigé notre nation en temps de guerre et en temps de paix. Au cours des deux grandes guerres, ces hommes ont fait preuve d’une force à toute épreuve, qui a guidé nos troupes vers la victoire. Dans le cadre d’...
- Author:Dakers, Diane, Finckenstein, Konrad Von VonSummary:
In 2009, Victoria's CHEK-TV became the first employee-owned television station in North America after corporate owner CanWest Global threatened to shut it down. The David-and-Goliath story made national headlines and reawakened a belief...
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